The original Diablo on the PS1 was a total flop. It felt unnatural and forced. In short, it sucked.

That's because it was designed for a PC. Just look at D3, it was already designed for the console version.

We're locked to 6 skills with no hotswapping. -> X, O, Triangle, Square, 2 Triggers.
Very few AoE targetted abilities compared to D2, most are point in a direction and shoot -> Much more focus on controller capable design.

No lobbies, levels designed as "chunks" for simple game creation, promoting matchmaking over proper game browser.

There's an xpadder profile made to let you use an xbox controller on D3, try it out and see how suspiciously well it works with a few exceptions.

This was planned from the get go and our game is shit because it was designed around this.

That's because it was designed for a PC. Just look at D3, it was already designed for the console version.

We're locked to 6 skills with no hotswapping. -> X, O, Triangle, Square, 2 Triggers.
Very few AoE targetted abilities compared to D2, most are point in a direction and shoot -> Much more focus on controller capable design.

No lobbies, levels designed as "chunks" for simple game creation, promoting matchmaking over proper game browser.

There's an xpadder profile made to let you use an xbox controller on D3, try it out and see how suspiciously well it works with a few exceptions.

This was planned from the get go and our game is shit because it was designed around this.

Seems like the only haters here are the ones that are soley about PC gaming.
I absolutely love the idea, and it caters to me perfectly, I actually stopped playing D3 on PC because my kids are into gaming now and like to play Couch Co-op Games with me. We've been playing Sacred 2, which was limited to 2 player co-op, now I can play simultaneously with all 3 of my kids:)

I'm surprised. I really am. From looking at the game, I never would've guessed it would come out for consoles.

diablo 3 has PERFECT gameplay to be ported to a console. its just casual enough to hop in every now and then and lets face it, blizzard knows most console gamers want just that.
its the perfect way for blizzard to make some really good money out of a mediocre game. console players will love it and be more than happy to throw some little cash into the rmah, there is nothing similiar on consoles yet.

Curious to see if they put in the two AH's, if they do I will definitely be interested. Plus with it going to consoles, it will be like a ladder in a way, everyone starts with a clean slate, and maybe I could go back to making some decent money again. That could be nice.

Nice, on console you can play offline, for hc it's better. And if you don't like a patch, you don't apply it \o/

I think you are going to have a bad surprise soon enough.

Blizzard will be going on the path of bioware at a much greater pace now. I can smell it already. The smell of the most rabbid gaming community ever created.

Agreed, now we need to wonder if Blizzard is officially in the console gig now or just dipping their big toe in to test the temperature. Also for any upcoming games, whether it be "Titan" or WC4 I wonder if they will be porting them onto console (let's hope not! we all know how horrendous RTS games are on console!). Titan however is supposedly an FPS-MMO so maybe that'll be PC exclusive.

I can't say I don't like them going into consoles, maybe they were pressured by Activision? Maybe not. It's definitely broadening their horizons though. Who knows maybe they'll make another Blackthorne haha.

Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack

Bashiok - Blizzard Representative - 08/01/2011 -"So how many skill combinations are there now? Well taking into account 6 active skills, all the rune combinations, and 3 passives we currently expect each class to have roughly 2,285,814,795,264 different build combinations."

"Hey, I thought you'd like the witty irony of grub-on-glowie violence!"

The most important question for me is if you are able to use your existing account/characters. Unlikely and then Im not that interested. But if its possible I will buy a PS4 as soon as its hits the market...

I can't help but wonder how large a role consolability played in early developement - even if only as a possibility and not a probability. They really, really wanted Deathmatch PVP to work wich would really fit the bill for console play. "Customization, replayablity and itemization" are exactly the things PCs can deliver on to a much greater extent than consoles and D3 definately has a superficial feel to it.

Here's hoping the console version is and stays it's own entity and the near future will bring some meaningful depth to the PC game.

I really feel like Blizzard should be putting their money, time and effort into improving Diablo 3's current state, not copying it over onto a console. This energy could be used for much better purposes

I'm surprised. I really am. From looking at the game, I never would've guessed it would come out for consoles.

diablo 3 has PERFECT gameplay to be ported to a console. its just casual enough to hop in every now and then and lets face it, blizzard knows most console gamers want just that.
its the perfect way for blizzard to make some really good money out of a mediocre game. console players will love it and be more than happy to throw some little cash into the rmah, there is nothing similiar on consoles yet.